In the few games they lined up together, Oliseh played primarily as a holding midfielder, who kept the shape of the team while Zidane was the creative spark of the team.

The other superstars in that team were Edgar Davids, Alexandro Del Piero, Gianluca Zambrotta, Filippo Inzaghi, Antonio Conte and Edwin Van der Saar.

Oliseh left Juventus for Dortmund in 2000 and played for Bochum on loan and Genk before he hanged his boots in 2006.After Retirement

Growing up Sunday Oliseh was able to combine schooling with football, which made life after retirement a bit easy.

The former Cologne and Borussia Dortmund hard-tackler worked as a pundit after retiring and also coached a couple of teams.

Oliseh was the Sporting Director of Belgian club Eupen for about a year, managed Vervietois from 2008 – 2009 before he was appointed the coach of the Super Eagles in 2015.

He also worked at FIFA as a member of their technical committee and coached Dutch club Fortuna Sittard from 2017 – 2018.Football Family

Born in Abavo, Delta state, Oliseh is from a football family, despite the fact that his father didn’t support his dream of playing the beautiful game at an early age.

The midfielder has younger brothers that played the game.

Azubuike and Egutu Oliseh played professionally for years, while his nephew Sekou Oliseh played internationally for Liberia.

His elder brother, Churchill Oliseh is heavily involved in football as he is the owner of FC Ebeidei – a club that Nigeria strikers Obafemi Martins, Stephen Makinwa and Paul Onuachu played for before moving to Europe.